I promised to show you another apron that uses rickrack creatively and here it is. The technique for attaching the rickrack can be used on anything—not just gingham—but this example shows a nice use of cross stitches in between the rows. And it's another idea for trimming your gingham apron if you're doing one for the challenge.
Use colored embroidery floss (same color as the gingham) across the dips in the "waves" to attach your rickrack to the fabric. Running your stitches all in the same direction gives you a striped effect; alternating direction forms a v-shaped design.
The apron shown here has the rickrack along the waistband and pocket tops—one row of the larger size in the center surrounded by two rows of the smaller size. Along the bottom are two rows of this same arrangement with the addition of cross stitches on the white squares in between. Looks pretty fancy but isn't quite as much work as chicken scratch!
7.17.2008
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9 comments:
This is SO lovely!!!! I love the detail and how every little bit seems to have a purpose :)
Kristin
Reclaiming The Home
I would never have thought of this but it certainly makes a lovely effect and the rickrack detail imbues a an extra-lovely effect with the gingham and chicken scratch.
Wow. I'm getting some ideas here.
Thank you, Janet!!!
JZ in VA
Great post! My readers are going to love it! I've scheduled a link to this article to go live about 8:00 a.m. Central on July 22.
All best,
Denise
http://needlework.craftgossip.com
Wow! That's so pretty!
Love all the detail.
Of course, pretty much anything with rick rack ranks high with me.
Kimberly :)
That is so awesome! I can't wait to try it. I was thinking it would look really nice to trim some dishtowels that way, too.
That is adorable!
wow, so cute! I think this is a fantasic idea.
~Emily
So, so cute! I recently went to a museum in Nevada that had an apron exhibit, and now I'm inspired. Some of the aprons there were of gingham and were embroidered. I'd love to make some. Your rick rack ideas are just lovely!
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